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Vakko founder Vitali Hakko passes away
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Vitali Hakko, 94, the founder of Turkey's leading textile brand Vakko, passed away yesterday. Hakko was taken to the hospital on Monday but could not be saved despite medical attention.
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The funeral for Hakko will take place at the Vakko facility in İstanbul's Merter district at 10 a.m. and then at Neve Shalom Synagogue. He will be buried in the Ulus Jewish Cemetery. Respected businessman Hakko was born in İstanbul in 1913. He started doing business at a very young age and established a small millinery called Şen Şapka (Merry Hat). As his business expanded, he changed the name to Vakko, and the company began to produce haute couture scarves made from Turkish silk, cotton and wool. When the first Vakko shop was opened in Beyoğlu in 1964, it was the biggest store to have been built there to date and made Vakko the biggest brand-name phenomenon on the Turkish clothing scene. Hakko clothing was more than just a business; it was a lifestyle.
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12 December 2007, Wednesday
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TODAY'S ZAMAN
İSTANBUL
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